Edited by David J. Jeremy, formerly Reader in Business History, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

'As a student text it is invaluable, both for its saving in time and effort in searching for disparate sources and for its editorial introduction setting each of the readings in context.'

• Part 1 International investment and international trade in the product cycle, Raymond Vernon; factors affecting the diffusion of technology, Nathan Rosenberg; communication of innovations: a cross-cultural approach, Everett M. Rogers and F. Floyd Shoemaker; classificatory notes on the production and transmission of technological knowledge, Kenneth J. Arrow; summary and conclusions, L. Nabseth; transatlantic industrial revolution: the diffusion of textile technologies between Britain and America, 1790-1830s, David J. Jeremy; diffusion of knowledge-based products: applications to developing economies, M.L. Burstein; technology-based cross-border alliances, Philippe Gugler and John H. Dunning. Part 2 Agencies: artisans and professionals - skills, coal and British industry in the 18th century, John R. Harris; immigrant textile machine makers along the brandywine, 1810-1820, David J. Jeremy; the Norwegian mechanical engineering industry and the transfer of technology, 1800-1900, Kristine Bruland; the transfer of electrical technology to Finland, 1870-1930, Timo Myllyntaus; aspects of the anglo-American transfer of computer technology - the formative years, 1930s-1960s, Geoffrey Tweedale. Part 3 Agencies - the role of the state: damming the flood - British government efforts to check the outflow of technicians and machinery, 1780-1843, David J. Jeremy; British response to the American system - the case of the small-arms industry after 1850, Russell I. Fries; transferring technology to a peripheral economy - the case of lower danube transport development, 1856-1928, John H. Jensen and Gerhard Rosegger; technology transfer as war booty - the U.S. technical oil mission to Europe, 1945, Arnold Krammer; technology transfer and foreign trade in the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany, Reinhard Neebe; Cocom - the toothless watchdog - what are we doing?, Jay Tuck; pros and cons of international technology transfer - a developing country's view, Linsu Kim. Part 4 Private business and multinational enterprise: strategies for innovation - the diffusion of new technology in 19th century British industry, Christine MacLeod; the role of private business in the International diffusion of technology, Mira Wilkins; transnational corporations, technology and growth in united nations, department of economic and social development, transnational corporations and management division; technological capabilities and Japanese foreign direct investment in the United States, Bruce Kogut and Sea Jin Chang; Japanese motor vehicle technologies abroad in the 1980s, Tetsuo Abo; multinationals, technology and exports, Sanjaya Lall.